No one thought that the biggest beneficiary of Harden's arrival in Philadelphia would be Maxi. In games with Harden, Maxi averaged 26.8 points per game. Looking at the data alone, such a Maxi is already the third person in the team. It is no exaggeration to say that Philadelphia also has their big three, Ma Daha (Maxi, the Emperor, Harden) too.
Looking back at Maxi's way, you can see that it is really not easy for this child to get to this day.
Perhaps because his father was a basketball coach, Maxi fell in love with the sport of basketball at an early age. From the first day Maxi decided to play basketball, his father began to train him rigorously. While the other children were still playing outside, Little Maxi was already training in the gym. As long as Maxi did not do a good job, there must be punishment with it, even if he is Maxi's father.
When Maxi was in his second year, his father selected several junior high school students as opponents. If Maxi loses, he has to go to the gym to work on it, not for an hour or two, but all day. There are many ways like this that Maxi grew up.
Such an education method can easily crush a child. But Maxi survived, training and punishing day after day, making him stronger and stronger, and his faith more and more firm. Later, he even felt that this was what he should do. When he doesn't play well or loses a game, he will consciously train himself.
The excellent performance of the university has given him the qualification to enter the NBA, and his market is still very good, and the draft prediction is in the top ten of the first round. But in the trial, he played abnormally, the bottom line received the ball and shot, he shot only 4 of the 31 shots. Such a bad shot disappointed many teams and caused his draft pick to plummet. I thought he would fall out of the first round, but the 76ers selected him with the 21st pick.
In his first year in the NBA, Maxi didn't get many chances, averaging eight points in 15 minutes per game. The reason is not him, because of his shooting. The 76ers already had a no-shot Simmons and an interior core Embiid, and Maxie, whose main score came from the three-second zone, was doomed not to have too many chances.
Maxi knows his inadequacies, and he knows that if he wants to change, he can only work hard and try harder. After every game, or during a break, he would devote a lot of time to practice. Throughout the year, he maintained high-intensity training. Even if he didn't have much playing time, even if he always sat on the bench, he didn't relax his requirements for himself.
Hard work will not treat you badly. This season, Simmons had a lot of trouble with the 76ers, and the game was not played. The team lacked the main point guard, and the salary space was locked and could not be brought in, so Maxi was ordered to come to this position. What the 76ers didn't expect was that in this position, Maxi did a pretty good job, even making up for the impact of Simmons' absence.
Averaging 35.6 minutes per game, he scored 17.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.5 assists, shooting 48.3% from the field and 42.3% from three-point range. During Embiid's injured absence of nine games, he also stepped forward and stabilized the situation with an average of 23.7 points and 4.6 assists per game.
Maxie's growth and credit also allowed Philadelphia to establish his position, and in the trade with Harden, the Nets repeatedly mentioned Maxy's name. And the 76ers, dead or alive, do not agree with this one thing, they can not forget the wonderful performance of this firefighting hero this season. It turned out that it was right to keep Maxi. Harden's arrival not only did not suppress him, but made Maxi's threat on the offensive end infinitely magnified, averaging 26.8 points per game, which is the best proof.
The real West Emperor is killing all sides in the arena, and the fake West Emperor is still wandering in New York.
Maxi's current achievements are not accidental, they are obtained by his day-to-day training, he is constantly demanding of himself, and he has sweated all the way.
His motto is to train super hard because he doesn't want to leave regrets in his career. His teammates and coaches aren't surprised by his current results, as Maxie is the hardest player they've ever seen and they know that sooner or later Hecky will play. Now, Maxi's "gold" has finally been glowing.
At first, when he was selected by the 76ers, the big boy blushed and excitedly said thanking Philadelphia for the opportunity, Rondo for his guidance, and his father for his strict requirements. I think what he should be most thankful for is himself, for his efforts, for his consistent belief.
Hard work will not deceive people!